New cyber security company launched in the UK

Nov 11 | 2022

Cyro Cyber has been created to address the dynamic and expanding cyber security requirements of business in the UK.

Jo Gretton Operating as a separate business unit and legal entity, with technology company Telent as the majority shareholder. The Cyro Cyber team will work alongside Telent colleagues to deliver customer projects, as well as providing standalone cyber services to new customers.

Cyro Cyber will offer a full range of cyber security managed and professional services, from governance, risk and compliance consultancy through to pro-active fully managed security services.  Leading the new business will be CEO Shannon Simpson and Chief Security Officer Paul Rose.

Jo Gretton, CEO at Telent commented: “The decision to create Cyro Cyber will allow Telent to further expand our existing cyber capability, address strategic opportunities and deliver against operational needs.  We have significant existing cyber capability spread across different teams in the business, consolidating these together under the experienced leadership of Shannon and Paul provides immediate scale and capability to deliver highly cost-effective secure solutions and help customers manage their ever-increasing cyber risk.”

Cyro Cyber will provide a comprehensive portfolio of cyber security services to provide advice, design customer networks, test systems and monitor threats.

Cyro Cyber is a collective of some of the UK’s most experienced and savvy cyber security, information assurance, data protection, IT governance and compliance experts. The founders of Cyro Cyber, Paul Rose and Shannon Simpson, have been in the industry since its inception and in that time have been responsible for securing the most critical of national and commercial assets. Paul and Shannon were CEO and CTO of the hugely successful IT Security Business CNS Group, of which Telent owned 25% from 2014. Cyro Cyber’s customers include organisations in Global Insurance, Blue Light, Medical Research, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Telecoms and AeroSpace.

Photo: Jo Gretton, CEO of Telent.